Respect Yourself is the eighteenth studio album by English singer Joe Cocker, released in 2002.
Track listing "You Can't Have My Heart" (John Shanks, Tonio K, C. J. Vanston) – 4:01 "Love Not War" (Barbara Griffin, Tom Snow) – 4:00 "You Took It So Hard" (Shanks, Tonio K, Vanston) – 4:27 "Never Tear Us Apart" (Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence) – 4:03 "This Is Your Life" (Shelly Peiken, Shanks) – 4:34 "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram, Mark Rice) – 5:14 "I'm Listening Now" (Shanks, Tonio K) – 5:01 "Leave a Light On" (Peiken, Shanks, Vanston) – 4:34 "It's Only Love" (Peiken, Shanks) – 3:55 "Every Time It Rains" (Randy Newman) – 3:34 "Midnight Without You" (Chris Botti, Paul Buchanan, Paul Joseph Moore) – 5:08
Personnel Joe Cocker – vocals Jamie Muhoberac – acoustic piano (1, 3–8, 10, 11), keyboards (2), Wurlitzer electric piano (6, 7), synthesizers (6, 11), Hammond B3 organ (8, 9) C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ (1, 5), horn arrangements (1, 5, 11), acoustic piano (3) Patrick Warren – keyboards (1, 10, 11), acoustic piano (2, 9), Chamberlin (3, 4, 8), synth strings (4, 5), Hammond B3 organ (6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (8), synthesizers (8), string arrangements (10, 11) John Shanks – guitars, backing vocals (4, 5, 9) Tim Pierce – guitars (1, 7, 9) Rusty Anderson – guitars (10) Paul Bushnell – bass Kenny Aronoff – drums Lenny Castro – percussion (2–6, 8, 11) Bruce Eskovitz – saxophones (1, 5, 6, 11) Nick Lane – trombone (1, 5, 6, 11) Bill Churchville and Chris Tedesco – trumpets (1, 5, 6, 11) Chris Tedesco – trumpet solo (11) Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (1, 3) Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (1, 3) Fred White – backing vocals (1, 3) C.C. White – backing vocals (2, 6, 8, 11) Lucy Woodward – backing vocals (5, 9)
Production John Shanks – producer Marc DeSisto – mixing, engineer (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 11) Trina Shoemaker – engineer (1, 3, 7, 9, 10) Mark Valentine – second engineer Brett Patrick – third engineer Brian Cook – second mix engineer Dan Chase – Pro Tools editing Robert Hadley – mastering Doug Sax – mastering The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Jeri Heiden – art direction, design John Heiden – art direction, design James Minchin III – photography Roger Davies – management Ray Neapolitan – management
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2002)Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) 84
Year-end charts Chart (2002)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)71French Albums (SNEP)124German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)92Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)65
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